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The IndiGo Airlines will start new services to Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and to Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
Out of the 14.71 lakh people who came back, 3.32 lakh failed to go back to the Gulf, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Development Studies.
The oil producing Gulf state, the region's commercial, trade and tourism hub, currently has a Friday-Saturday weekend.
The airfares will come down only if steps are taken to resume regular services and operate more flights.
The latest decision of the Kuwait Government to ease norms for issuing visiting visas is going to benefit thousands of expatriates from Kerala working in Kuwait.
The airfare from Kochi to Kuwait is a whopping Rs 2,43,308! This is the airfare for September 9 listed on the Jazeera Airways website on Friday.
The move comes as a big relief to Indians, especially Malayalis. Of the 1.54 million Indians in Saudi Arabia, 80 per cent are from Kerala.
On an average 1,300 to 1,400 people fly to European countries from Kochi daily.
Airfares have been hiked seven to eight times by almost all the airlines from last week's rates, without offering any convincing justification
The airlines said in a press release that it will operate direct flights four times a week between Mumbai and Doha while passengers can avail flights twice a week from Kochi and Kannur airports.